Just days before an announced closure, the Coupland Dancehall has been saved as a Texas country music shrine. On Aug. 11, Abbey Road, owner of the Coupland Dancehall, located in a rural community in ...

If you were alive and clubbing in the boroughs in the 1980s and ‘90s, chances are you saw advertisements for a “sound clash.” If you were lucky—and near enough to Flatbush, Jamaica or Wakefield—you ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by A!MS, Ding Dong and Collie Buddz. By Kyle Denis After several false starts, summer finally seems to have settled in. That means music ...

Walshy Fire has long been involved in the dancehall scene. As a kid, he grew up near House of Leo, an iconic dancehall venue in Kingston, Jamaica. As a young adult, he joined Black Chiney, a Jamaican ...

After decades of being unable to physically connect with their fan base in the United States due to visa revocations, several of dancehall’s pioneers have once again been given the green light to ...

“I would really like for the artists to come in and make connections and understand the game and not get fucked like the old ones did,” said Shaggy of the third annual confab. By Janeé Bolden Artists, ...

The Jamacian-born singer put on a one-of-a-kind performance at the 2025 MOBO awards SINGER Spice, who has been dubbed The Queen of Dancehall by fans, has revealed the way that icon Shaggy not only ...

Only a handful of days into 2022, and Spice is already on top of the world. A Grammy nomination under her belt, a nod from none other than our forever POTUS, Barack Obama, and a groundbreaking new ...

Seductive songs about the pursuit of female pleasure have made the dancehall artist Shenseea a new face of girl power. Shenseea outside the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica, in September. Later ...

Jamaicans often say to each other, “Jamaica is not a real place,” as we shake our heads at the beauty and madness of our birthplace. On last week’s episode of Jamaica Is Not a Real Place, a day before ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

At this point, it seems no establishment on the planet gets bodies moving without the aid of dancehall music. Since its origin in the streets and clubs of Kingston, Jamaica, the energetic art form has ...